Mr. Meeson's WillGood Press, 04.12.2019 - 233 Seiten 'Mr Meeson's Will' by H. Rider Haggard is a novel based on a true anecdote of the time. It follows the story of John Meeson, a greedy publisher who takes advantage of Alice Gordon, a struggling author, and owns all of her future works. When Alice protests, Meeson even chooses to disinherit his own nephew who stands up to him. The twist comes when Meeson is marooned on an island and his will is tattooed on the back of a woman. The race is on to find the woman and the will. |
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... pounds a week and a commission , went forth east and west , and north and south , to sell the books of Meeson ( which were largely religious in their nature ) in all lands ; and five - and - twenty tame authors ( who were illustrated by ...
... pounds a week and a commission , went forth east and west , and north and south , to sell the books of Meeson ( which were largely religious in their nature ) in all lands ; and five - and - twenty tame authors ( who were illustrated by ...
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... pounds, half proceeds of rights of translation, and a clause binding you to offer any future work you may produce during the next five years to our house on the seven per cent agreement, or a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds for the ...
... pounds, half proceeds of rights of translation, and a clause binding you to offer any future work you may produce during the next five years to our house on the seven per cent agreement, or a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds for the ...
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... pounds for the copyright of a book like ' Jemima's Vow ' ? - it's a large sum ; but I have the letter . Yes , and I have the book in manuscript now ; and if I could publish it I should be lifted out of poverty , together with my poor ...
... pounds for the copyright of a book like ' Jemima's Vow ' ? - it's a large sum ; but I have the letter . Yes , and I have the book in manuscript now ; and if I could publish it I should be lifted out of poverty , together with my poor ...
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... pounds clear profit on the book . And then , when she comes to ask you for something over the beggarly fifty pounds which you doled out to her , you refuse , and offer her three pounds as her share of the translation rights - three pounds ...
... pounds clear profit on the book . And then , when she comes to ask you for something over the beggarly fifty pounds which you doled out to her , you refuse , and offer her three pounds as her share of the translation rights - three pounds ...
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... pounds , bequeathed all the testator's vast fortune and estates , including his ( by far the largest ) interest in the great publishing house , and his palace with the paintings and other valuable contents , known as Pompadour Hall , to ...
... pounds , bequeathed all the testator's vast fortune and estates , including his ( by far the largest ) interest in the great publishing house , and his palace with the paintings and other valuable contents , known as Pompadour Hall , to ...
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AUGUSTAS DECISION | |
THE R M S KANGAROO | |
Mr Meesons Will | |
MR TOMBEY GOES FORWARD | |
THE CATASTROPHE | |
EUSTACE BUYS A PAPER | |
AT HANOVERSQUARE | |
EUSTACE CONSULTS A LAWYER | |
The Early Englishman | |
SHORT ON LEGAL ETIQUETTE | |
HOW AUGUSTA WAS FILED | |
AUGUSTA FLIES | |
MEESON V ADDISON AND ANOTHER | |
KERGUELEN LAND | |
AUGUSTA TO THE RESCUE | |
THE LAST OF MR MEESON | |
RESCUED | |
SOUTHAMPTON QUAY | |
BEFORE THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE PRESIDENT IN THE MATTER OF MEESON DECEASED | |
JAMES BREAKS DOWN | |
GRANT AS PRAYED | |
ST GEORGES HANOVERSQUARE | |
ADDISON AND ANOTHER | |
MEESONS ONCE AGAIN | |
THE | |
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